Paint measuring and filling machine



V H. c. MILLER. PAINT MEASURING AND FILLING MACHINE.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921'.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, I920- 1.1" I III "43 IIIIIITITITHIIII H. C. MILLER. PAINT MEASURING AND FILLING MACHINE-Ir APPLICATlON FILED MAY 29, 1920. 1,391,488. P ente Sept. 20, 1921. Q I z SHEETSSHEET 2.

A ull? j L f A I Q /0 I I I INVENTOR- citizen of the United States, and

' operating parts of the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

HOWARD c. MILLER, or 'ronnno, onio.

VPAIIN'MI MnAsUnIne nn FILLING mAonnvn.

Application filed. May,29,

foal' wiwm'it may concern: I Be it known that I, HOWARD jC. M LLE a a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have made an Invention'Appertaining- Paint Measuring and Filling Machines; I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whiclrit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and fo the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis' specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an e'fiicient means for rapidly filling receptacles with a mobile material, such as paint. The invention particularly has for its object to provide a continuously operated mechanism wherein cans may be continuously fed to the machine and removed from the machine, the machine operating'to automatically measure cans. The invention has for its object other features and advantages which will appear from the following description and upon examination of 't-hedrawin'gs. The invention may be contained. in receptacle filling devices of difierentforms. To illustrate a practical application of the invention 1 have selected a structure con taining theinvention and shalldescribe it hereinafter. The structure selected is illustratedin the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 is a front-view of the device. Fig. 2 is a top view of a cam runwayfor mechanism. Fig. 3 and Fig. 3a are segregated sectional views showing the relativeposition of thedifferout parts of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side view-of the driving mechanism. 5 is a top view of thefvat from which the paint is run into the smaller receptacles. Fig.6 is a sectionalview taken through one of the of the vat. Fig. 7 is a side view of the outside of the vat,and Fig. 8 isa sectional view of one of the nozzles or measuring chambers beneath one ofthe openings in thebottom of the vat.

1, in the drawings, is porting the parts ofthe 2 is supported upon a sha a frame ifor supstructure. A vat ft 3. A table 4 is also connected to the shaft '3. The shaft 3 is supported in bearings 5 and 6 located in the frame 1. The shaft 3is rotated by means of the beveled gears 7 and 8 which thematerial and fill the openings in the bottom 1920; 7 Serial no; 335,1;

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areconnected to a source of power such as the motor9. The vat 2 and the table 4 are rotated slowly in the frame 1. 1 I l The lower side of the vat-2 is provided with a plurality of nozzles 10 which also constitute ameans for measuring the quan- V tity of to be delivered. The material is fed into receptacles that are placed upon the table .4 and consequently the receptacles are placed beneath the nozzles 10. They are rotated the fluid or mobile material that is V with the nozzles. lOand during certain periods in the revolution ,of the table and the tank 2 within the frame 1, the material is emptied into the receptacles.

The nozzles 10 are located beneath open,- ings 11 formed in the bottom of the vat 2. Eachopening 11 is .closed .by aplate 12 which isconnected to a lifting rod 13. The lifting rod is connected toa roller 14*that is lifted by the runway of the frame 1. The roller is carried up the incline 15 until it reaches the top of the incline which is back of the centerof theframe 1, that is, directly back of the shaft Bin the position shown in Fig. 1. :The roller then passes runway15. It also passes beneaththe-arcum strip 16 which operates to. force the roller down as it passes around toward the down against the thus the opening 11 is closed. During this 15 located on {the rear side bottom of the vat '2- and operation the-paint passes through; the 7 into the. measuring nozzle 10.

openin '11 h 2 is provided with as Inasmuch as the vat many and rollers 14 as there are measuringnozzles 10, the nozzles rollers associated therewith pass up and "down the runway 15.

openings 11, plates12, lifting rods 13 10 will be filled as the While theplatesf 12 are lifted the nozzles 10 of necessity are closed and to avoid draw small ing against the atmospheric pressure a opening 20 is located in theplate 12 and a slide valve member or plate 21 is located beneath the plate 12 and normally operates to close the opening 2O. The plate 21 is connected to-a rod 22 which is provided with an arm 23 and a roller 24 is located on the frame 1 so that when the roller-14 starts up the runway 15 the arm 23 strikes the roller 24 and swings the plate 21 to one side of the opening 20 and thus allows a small amount of paint to enter into the nozzle 10 which is thus in positiont o have its associated cover plate 12 to be operated. The smallamount of paint that passes through the opening releases the suction that would otherwise be produced which enables the roller 14 to readily rise up the incline 15. The paint thus quickly passes through the opening 11 and fills the measuring chamber or nozzle 10. Each nozzle is thus filled in succession when it has passed the side of the frame 1. A

i spring 26 operating between the-collar 27 bers 10 when the chambers are opened from the bottom to allow the paint to flow into' the receptacles. 'The endsv oithe tubular are about closed. This filling the pipes 30. p

The chambers'or nozzles 10 are opened 30 J and closed by means of rollers members are closed by the plates 21 when the plates 12 are about to be raised and are kept closed until the plates 21 are. operated by the roller 49, that is, until .the plates 12- prevents paint from connected to shutter plates 36 that move between plates 37 secured on the bottom of the measuring chambers or nozzleslO and the bottom ofthenozzleslO. The lower ends of the chambers are provided with a cone or "funnel shaped portion 38 which directs the material .to the opening through which the paint passes from the nozzle 10.} The rollers 35' are operated by cam shaped arms 40 and 41, the first operat- V ing to open the nozzles and the latter operating lto closethe nozzles. The paint thus allowed to flow from the "nozzles into the receptacles as they pass across the front of the frame in the position shown in Fig. 1. As the nozzles pass to the back of the frame the cam 41 operates upon the rollers35 and closes the plates. Immediately upon clos ing the plates thearm 23 strikes'the roller 24 and the roller 14 starts to lift the rod 13 and the plate12 associated with the nozzle 1 which has thus'been closed by the cam arm 41. The cam arms 40and 41 are secured by brackets 42 and 43 to the frame 1. The rollers thus pass behind the arm 40 and in front of the arm 41 to' open and close the nozzles. The upper ends of the rods'22 and 13 and the pipes 30 are held in position by the bracket 39. v In order that the paint -may be mixed during the filling operation, that is, in order to prevent the settling of the heavier materials of the paint. the vat 2 is providedwith a cross-bar 45 that is secured to the rod 'duced by the opening and closing the which are 46. The rod 46.is bolted-to the top of theirame 1 and'is held stationary. The crossprovided. with a plurality of upbar 45 is rights 47, preferably in the form of plates,

which extend diagonally across the bar 45.

The rotation of the vat 2 by the operation:

of the shaft 3 causes the paint to strike the plates 47 and be deflected from the circular movement that would thus be normally prorotation of the vat 2. w I

Iclaim.-

1. In a paint filling machine, a vat having a pluralityot openings extending through the bottom of the vat, a plurality of measuring nozzles located beneath the openings, plates for covering the openings, each or" the plates having anfopening, a second plate for to permit asmall amount of paint to pass through'the first'named plate, means for lifting the first'named plate to allow paint to pass into the nozzle. i 2. In a paint filling machine, a vat having a plurality" of openings in the bottom thereof, a plurality of measuring nozzles covering the said openings, the said nozzles having openings inthe bottom thereof, and means for opening andclosing the bottom last named opening of the nozzles, plates for closing the'openings of'the vat and having openings extending through the plates, pipes extending from the top of the vat to'and-through the plates, a second set of plates for openingand'c'losing the openings-in thefirst named plates and closing and opening the said pipes, and

means for liftingthe first named plates to open the openings in the bottom of the vat.

3. In a paint fillingmachine, a vat and'a tableymeans for rotating the vat and the table, a plurality'oi' measuring nozzles cons nected to the bottom'of the'vat, the bottom of thevat-having openings for. permitting communication .between the vat. and the nozzles, plates for closing the said openings,-

rods connected to the said connected to the said rods,

plates, rollers a camway for liftingthe said rollers and the said plates, 7 I

the said plates having openings, a second set of plateslfor' opening and closing thesaid r openings, rods connected to the last named plates, means for rotating the last named rods for rotatlngthe last named plates to open and close the said 0 top or the tank, the second named plates operating to close and open: the lower ends 7 penings, pipes extending from the first named-plates. to the of the said pipes, the nozzles having plates for closing and opening the last named plates, and cam arms forclos In testimony;whereof I have hereunto slgned my name to this specification.

' HOWARD o. MILLER- lower ends of the said nozzles, rollers connected to the ing and opening the said last named plates. Q 

